Quzhou

See also: qūzhóu, Qúzhōu, and Qǔzhōu

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 衢州 (Qúzhōu).

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Quzhou

  1. A prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, China.
    • 2013 July 9, “Pilot of crashed Asiana plane still in Boeing 777 training”, in France 24[1], archived from the original on 11 July 2013[2]:
      The two dead girls, Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, were friends from the Jiangshan Middle School in Quzhou, in the prosperous eastern coastal province of Zhejiang.
    • 2021 June 27, Kristin Huang, “Chinese Hui Muslims trigger storm by wearing traditional dress to event to promote ethnic unity”, in South China Morning Post[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 June 2021, Politics‎[4]:
      The Go tournament – a traditional Chinese board game also known as Weiqi – in Quzhou, a city in Zhejiang province, was designed to promote “participation and communication” among the members of China’s 56 designated ethnic minority groups.

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